[Hoot Gibson]

Obviously having great stats in high school catches one's eye. But once a kid gets to UK, throw the HS stats out the door. As a UK fan, I'm only concerned with how the players perform as Wildcats. I like Calipari, but he talks a bit too much. He needs to be introduced to "Captain Obvious" - every year he talks about how "young" his team is, yet consistently recruits "one & dones." He's made statements indicating that he's more concerned about getting players to the NBA than about the program's success. As a UK contributor, I believe he's paid to get maximum team performance from each group of players with a goal of going as far as possible in the post season tournaments. In my opinion, Ulis is the best college point guard Calipari has had at UK (including Wall).

By the way, I'm still trying to figure out what the NBA stats of a former UK player have to do with how successful he was at UK.

Booker is averaging 11.8 points per game more in his rookie NBA season than the Harrison twins combined are averaging in their rookie season. That is a pretty good indicator that Booker is not only much better than either of the twins are as rookies at the next level, but that Booker was also a much better guard just a few months earlier when all of them were still Wildcats.

My point is, Booker and Ulis were UK's best two guards last season and should have been starters most of the season. When players earn starting positions, then they should start, or at least get the bulk of the playing time.